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Definition of February in US English:

February

noun

The second month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the last month of winter.

‘even in February the place is busy’

as modifier‘a freezing February morning’

‘The strange guys and girls who had nothing better to do on a wet February evening.’

‘In February, two elderly men met in a Middle Eastern suburb and took afternoon tea.’

‘Since February I've spent five hours a day in the gym hoping to get back into shape.’

‘I returned on a February morning to see what sort of training was being carried out.’

‘For some reason, I was expecting March to be a better month than January or February.’

‘In February, ministers tried to draw a line under the case by paying compensation.’

‘We do know, however, that it will be in February or March next year at the earliest.’

‘My husband left home in February after eight years of inactive service to the military.’

‘Last February a female security van worker was shot in the arm during a robbery on a delivery of cash.’

‘On a sunny February afternoon this was no problem, but come August it will be like an oven.’

‘Her killer was driving at twice the speed limit, on a dark and frosty night in February last year.’

‘Pay packets were outpaced by the rising cost of living for the year ending in February.’

‘She told them in February this year that she had left London due to a relationship break down.’

‘Children first have to take part in a week of activities during the February half term.’

‘In February last year, the church had a series of thefts of its Yorkshire stone slabs.’

‘The February trip looks a lot more feasible after something very obvious came to me on the train home.’

‘The selection process and interviews will take place over this month and February.’

‘In February he had followed her to Swindon and the friendship had been resurrected.’

‘In February I will write an in depth feature on fly fishing in the sun of Florida.’

‘He was paralysed and was not able to leave hospital until the following February.’

Usage

Note that February is spelled with an r following the Feb-. Precise speakers insist that the r should be pronounced, but this is not easy, and most people replace the r following Feb- with a y sound: Feb-yoo- rather than Feb-roo-. This is now becoming the accepted standard

Origin

Middle English feverer, from Old French feverier, based on Latin februarius, from februa, the name of a purification feast held in this month. The spelling change in the 15th century was due to association with the Latin word.